Sears Holdings Corp. and Chicago’s financial exchanges have quit threatening to pull up stakes now that Illinois has enacted tax breaks for them. But it remains unclear whether state incentives to big companies are wise uses of economic-development resources.

If you’ll be on the toll roads this holiday season, you can expect to share them with 15.4 million other drivers — a three percent increase over last year’s holiday season, according to a statement from the Illinois Tollway.An estimated 200,000 additional cars will use the Tollway on Friday, Decembe

CHICAGO — Illinois' unemployment rate went up slightly in October even as the state added 30,000 more jobs.Officials said Friday that the unemployment rate in Illinois is 10.1 percent, above the national rate of 9 percent.

Illinois officials hope to return nearly 200 forgotten war medals and other military artifacts to their rightful owners.Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford announced the project — called Operation Reunite — on Friday, Veterans Day.Former Illinois State Rep.

Fearing further setbacks to their negotiated contracts, members of organized labor are heading into the fall veto session this week with raised fists.Their angst is shared by dozens of special interest groups including retirees, casino operators and state vendors competing for scarce revenue in what